Today, the Kohinoor is the biggest jewel on the Queen Mother's Crown ... becoming famous for facilitating the crown's appropriation of the stone," Kinsey said. Shashi Tharoor, a member of ...

At the very center of the Queen Mother's crown sits the controversial Koh-i-noor diamond ... For now, the stone remains set in the queen mother's crown. Here's the queen mother wearing her ...

Persian ruler Nadir Shah defeated Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah, captured Delhi, and carried the Kohinoor diamond back with ...

The Koh-i-Noor. 105-carats, oval-shaped, and arguably, the world’s most famous diamond. Today, it’s set among 2,800 other stones in the Crown Jewels, but it hasn’t always been there.

It was then sent to England for presentation to Queen Victoria. Since then, Kohinoor has been a part of the jewels for the British crown ‘Escape the heat’ 9 Stunning Indian getaways under ...

The original 3,106-carat Cullinan Diamond, which is still the largest ever discovered, was cut in Amsterdam and created an astonishing nine principal stones. The main one, Cullinan I, is still the ...

The stones, excavated from shallow placer mines in India between 1600-1800, are equally famous for their size and clarity. The Koh-i-noor, which is set in the Queen Mother’s Crown of England but ...

Tareekh e Kohinoor reveals that Wafa Begum told Nooruddin, “If you throw four stones as far as you ... and set in the royal crown to be worn by Queen Victoria. The much reduced Kohinoor, which ...

Amsterdam’s Royal Asscher jewelers then sliced it into nine massive stones ... wore Queen Mary’s Crown, keeping with royal tradition while avoiding controversy over the Koh-i-Noor diamond ...

A single jewel in the Tower of London has seen the rise and fall of more empires, caused more bad luck and been more prized than any other precious stone ... Crown Jewels. Now, to mark the Queen ...